Information

Information spreads like wildfire across media platforms, simply because there are so many of them in these days. The information on the Japanese earthquake/tsunami has been a testament to that.
In fact, the prominence of Facebook has been key in this case, especially for people who have endured the disaster, as it can be used to inform family members that they are alive and well. This is something that was not available to the same extent in 2004, the year in which the Indian Ocean tsunami occurred.